This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. INDIANAPOLIS — An Indiana 13-year-old with a ...

Islands of giant monsters aren’t just in the movies. In real life, certain species grow to incredible size on islands. Why do they grow, and what does it mean for other species survival? We’ll explore ...

1. Organisms of gigantic proportions inhabited the world at a time of a hyperoxic prehistoric atmosphere (Palaeozoic gigantism). Extant giants are found in cold polar waters, with large quantities of ...

It is an old-standing theory in evolutionary ecology: animal species on islands have the tendency to become either giants or dwarfs in comparison to mainland relatives. Since its formulation in the ...

BETHESDA, Md., Dec. 4 (UPI) --Two is often better than one, but not when it comes to the DNA and RNA that make up the human chromosome. Researchers now believe gene duplication in a specific region, ...